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How exposed to AI is a Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairer?

Of the 23 tasks O*NET lists for electrical power-line installers and repairers, 0 could be done in half the time with a chat window today. 23 cannot be sped up at all. Here is which.

Exposure means published research judged an AI could halve the time a task takes, at the same quality. It does not mean the task stops needing a person. How to read this

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Reachable today Needs software built first Cannot be sped up
23
tasks rated for this occupation
3%
hold a degree, from a survey of 23
124k
people do this job in the US
45 of 50
least protected in installation and repair

Every task, and what AI can do with it

These are O*NET's task statements for this occupation, exactly as written, sorted into the three bands by the ratings behind this report. Nothing has been reworded.

Cannot be sped up

23
  • Adhere to safety practices and procedures, such as checking equipment regularly and erecting barriers around work areas
  • Drive vehicles equipped with tools and materials to job sites
  • Open switches or attach grounding devices to remove electrical hazards from disturbed or fallen lines or to facilitate repairs
  • Climb poles or use truck-mounted buckets to access equipment
  • Install, maintain, and repair electrical distribution and transmission systems, including conduits, cables, wires, and related equipment, such as transformers, circuit breakers, and switches
  • Inspect and test power lines and auxiliary equipment to locate and identify problems, using reading and testing instruments
  • Coordinate work assignment preparation and completion with other workers
  • Replace or straighten damaged poles
  • String wire conductors and cables between poles, towers, trenches, pylons, and buildings, setting lines in place and using winches to adjust tension
  • Attach cross-arms, insulators, and auxiliary equipment to poles prior to installing them
  • Dig holes, using augers, and set poles, using cranes and power equipment
  • Travel in trucks, helicopters, and airplanes to inspect lines for freedom from obstruction and adequacy of insulation
  • Identify defective sectionalizing devices, circuit breakers, fuses, voltage regulators, transformers, switches, relays, or wiring, using wiring diagrams and electrical-testing instruments
  • Install watt-hour meters and connect service drops between power lines and consumers' facilities
  • Test conductors, according to electrical diagrams and specifications, to identify corresponding conductors and to prevent incorrect connections
  • Place insulating or fireproofing materials over conductors and joints
  • Splice or solder cables together or to overhead transmission lines, customer service lines, or street light lines, using hand tools, epoxies, or specialized equipment
  • Trim trees that could be hazardous to the functioning of cables or wires
  • Pull up cable by hand from large reels mounted on trucks
  • Lay underground cable directly in trenches, or string it through conduit running through the trenches
  • Cut trenches for laying underground cables, using trenchers and cable plows
  • Cut and peel lead sheathing and insulation from defective or newly installed cables and conduits prior to splicing
  • Clean, tin, and splice corresponding conductors by twisting ends together or by joining ends with metal clamps and soldering connections
What this does not say

This is not a prediction about your job

Nobody surveyed an employer. Tasks are counted equally, so a percentage here is a share of the list rather than a share of your week. And the ratings were made in 2023, which makes every figure a floor rather than a ceiling.

It must never be used to select anyone for redundancy. The full limits are here.

Where to go next

This is the standard task list for the title. The useful next question is which of the tasks you actually do should go near AI, and which should not.

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Exposure ratings from Eloundou, Manning, Mishkin and Rock, GPTs are GPTs: Labor market impact potential of LLMs, Science 384, 1306–1308, 2024, used under the MIT licence. This page includes information from the O*NET Database by the U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration (USDOL/ETA), used under the CC BY 4.0 license. O*NET® is a trademark of USDOL/ETA. People Team AI has modified all or some of this information. USDOL/ETA has not approved, endorsed, or tested these modifications. Employment figures from the US Bureau of Labor Statistics.